Little Rock Life Safety Company Wins Award of Excellence For Their Work on the Crawford County Detention Center

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The new Detention Center in Crawford County, Arkansas has raised the bar when it comes to Life Safety measures.

It was a pleasure working with American Fire Protection Group on their multi-prime project. Working together to deliver the project to Crawford County 60 days early and over $3 million under budget took a team of dedicated professionals.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (PRWEB)March 20, 2018

The new Detention Center in Crawford County, Arkansas has raised the bar when it comes to Life Safety measures. The new detention center was built due to alarming overcrowding issues that endangered the safety of the inmates and staff. The new 307 bed facility is now a beacon of safety, especially when it comes to Life Safety and Fire Protection.

In February of 2018, The Association of Builders and Contractors of Arkansas awarded American Fire Protection Group of Little Rock the Excellence in Construction Eagle Award for the implementation of an innovative and premier Life Safety system. The Eagle Award recognizes outstanding work on construction projects. A winning project is evaluated on the material submitted, the attractiveness of design, complexity, workmanship, innovation, unusual challenges and the problems that were overcome.

A total of 673 sprinklers were installed to protect the entire facility, including institutional sprinkler heads in inmate areas. The duration of the project and scope of work presented several challenges. These challenges were answered with detailed scheduling, trade coordination, and effective internal and external communication between all parties. These efforts aided in ensuring that there were minimal scheduling issues.

In addition to the aesthetic and safety, the other goal of the project was to work with companies that could come in under budget and finish ahead of schedule.

American Fire Protection Group came through big on both, coming in 2 months ahead of schedule and $3 million under the project’s budget.

American Fire Protection Group worked with Smith-Doyle Contractors who are location in Cordova, TN. Don Abernathy, Vice President of Smith-Doyle Contractors said, “It was a pleasure working with American Fire Protection Group on their multi-prime project. Working together to deliver the project to Crawford County 60 days early and over $3 million under budget took a team of dedicated professionals. We applaud their efforts in staying dedicated to the project and to the team. We look forward to working with American Fire Protection Group on many additional projects in the future.”

Another issue that was overcome came from the special ceiling requirements. Being a detention center, institutional ceilings were required in all areas where detainees could have access to the ceiling. Once installed, the institutional ceilings are locked in place. So early scheduling and collaborating with the ceiling contractors was completed to plan out the flow of trim out. The epoxy floors were another area where limitations were placed on installation and trim-out. All parties worked to establish a schedule that helped to alleviate confusion and to ensure safety and protection.

Additionally, the Crawford County Justice Center was featured in the January/February issue of Correctional News Magazine. The article was titled “Success In The Southeast”. The article praised the new facility as setting the new standard for detention centers in the Southeast.

American Fire Projection Group, along with all Eagle winners will be recognized at the EIC Banquet on April 7, 2018 in Hot Springs, AR. The ceremony will feature a multi-media presentation highlighting the Eagle award winners, printed programs, publications and releases through the regional construction-related news media.

For more information on this project or Life Safety services or equipment please contact Rick Westbrook at 832-206- 3397 or [email protected]